No Position Reports are available during our stay in the North Sea since we cease doing meteorological observations.

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Following on from last weeks information on the Magdalena Oldendorff, it now looks as though the ship will be remaining
in the Antarctic for the last of the winter months and then attempt to break free in October when it is hoped that ice
conditions ease.

A site that offers some interesting articles on all things Antarctic is 70South.

Onboard the Ernest Shackleton it has been a busy week with the Solo ROV in the water for most of the time completing the
General Visual Inspection of sub-sea pipelines in the Forties Field on Saturday morning.

With the ROV secured on deck the Ernest Shackleton then steamed to the North West for deeper water and the Schiehallion
and Foinaven fields, arriving on station in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Generally the week has been kind to us weather wise, with some fine clear days at the beginning of the week, but clouding
over and some fog, mist and rain towards the end. The sea state has also been good with little ship movement.